1998: James Byrd Jr. is dragged behind a pickup truck to his death, by three white supremacists in Jasper, Texas. Christmas 1987: Loyal Garner, a working black man, is beaten to death by three white police officers in Sabine County, Texas.

Cheerleaders at a Shreveport, Louisiana school were dancing and dodging during half time at a basketball game earlier this week. Neither the dancing nor the dodging were part of the cheer squad's rehearsed routine, but the group still pulled off a good show.

This is a tall order. But one that at least one city council member in Jasper, Texas thinks is possible.

"Apparently, we have a meth problem in Jasper," District 1 Councilman Alton Scott said in this week's meeting of the city council of the small East Texas city's governing body. "And if a 28-year-old man, young black man, can OD on meth and cocaine, then we got a problem".

With all of the provisions of the enormously huge Obama Health Care plan, including digitizing all medical records (electronic medical records), I am a bit taken aback to find that prescriptions can still go from doctor to pharmacist on hand written slips. And that because of this, mistakes are inherent and patients are basically... well basically plain and simply given the wrong medicine. Because you know how doctors' handwriting can be.

Jeremiah Wright never once denied killing his son. In fact, he admitted and explained why he did it.

So why would a man take a meat cleaver and hack his own son's head off, leaving the head in his front yard to ensure that his wife would see it?

Easy answer, the 32-year-old Thibodeaux, Louisiana man said. His son was not a person. His son was, in fact, a "dummy," a "robot." He referred to the boy as an "it." "It" needed to be killed. That's what he said.

And it worked. He will not serve time in jail for this horrible, really unspeakable crime.

A couple of years ago, we had a rather eventful ride into San Antonio for a bit of a getaway. On the way to San Antonio, as we got into the outskirts of the city, we encountered three speeding motorcyclists... who would take turns speeding in between lanes, criss crossing through traffic... and then stalling and letting the others catch up. We videoed some of it, amazed at the sheer danger and near death situations these guys were obviously enjoying.

On my way to pick up my junior high daughter from school today, I was passed by several police cars and then delayed for several minutes by what appeared to be a multiple car accident which really looked like a giant fender bender.

I realized what happened when I saw a Facebook post from our local police department and let me just say... Even having covered local news for 10 years, it is not something I could have suspected.